Step 1 - Each teacher in a group selects a different resource
Step 2 - On an index card, each teacher writes bullet notes summarizing what their resource tells them about blogs (notes can also be taken in any text program)
Step 3 - As a group of 3-4, using the notes you each gathered while exploring your resource, draft an explanation of what a "blog" is for a parent audience. - Mattawan Definitions
Step 4 - Handout Affordances/Constraints Chart for teachers to add notes to as they work on other parts of the workshop and give them a few minutes to brainstorm affordances/constraints
What is a wiki? (Jigsaw) - Teachers' create own definition
Process:
Step 1 - Each teacher gets a different resource
Step 2 - Each teacher adds bullet notes to an index card (notes can also be taken in any text program)
Step 3 - As a group of 4, draft a definition on Wikis page - Mattawan Wikis page
Step 4 - Handout a new Affordances/Constraints Chart for teachers to add notes to as they work on other parts of the workshop and give them a few minutes to brainstorm affordances/constraints
Step 5 - Discuss wiki editing stick idea. Compare with using a link to a blog where the participants could comment
Step 4 - Use comment button to comment on annotated links (agreement, addition, question, or polite disagreement
Make sure to hit low floor and wide walls here - "Technology needs to provide us with a low floor (an easy way to get started) and a high ceiling (lots of possibilities for taking things even further). There also needs to be wide walls, so that projects can be extended into other domains ..." Mitch Resnick
Step 5 - Revisit the affordances/constraints chart started earlier
Table of Contents
Mattawan Blogs & Wikis
Roster Sign In
Agenda
Day 1Day 2
Module 1: Blogs
Module 2: Wikis
Module 3: Making it Multimodal
Module 4: Aggregation
Module 5: Project Development Time
Module 6: Assessment
Module 7: Reflection and Next Steps
Workshop Evaluation